
Your data isn’t ready for AI with Prukalpa Sankar from Atlan
09/17/24 • 40 min
Finding order in chaotic datasets is key for companies to be able to implement AI solutions that actually work. This week’s guest is Prukalpa Sanka, the co-CEO and co-founder of Atlan, a platform designed to help data teams build trust, streamline workflows, and collaborate more effectively. Atlan emerged from the challenges of managing complex data projects and is now empowering organizations to scale their data operations while maintaining transparency and trust. In this episode they discuss how Atlan has maintained a fun company culture despite the stress and how her and her co-founder have maintained a great working relationship for the past 12 years.
00:00 - Introduction
02:31 - Founding story and early challenges
06:19 - Overcoming high-stakes data issues
08:45 - The evolution of data and AI
13:31 - Building a product to solve key problems
16:13 - Adapting to technological change
19:21 - The growing role of AI in business
21:05 - Preparing data for AI integration
24:27 - Addressing bias and ethics in AI
26:52 - Fundraising and fun marketing
31:34 - Maintaining a strong co-founder relationship
33:47 - Final thoughts and reflections
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Finding order in chaotic datasets is key for companies to be able to implement AI solutions that actually work. This week’s guest is Prukalpa Sanka, the co-CEO and co-founder of Atlan, a platform designed to help data teams build trust, streamline workflows, and collaborate more effectively. Atlan emerged from the challenges of managing complex data projects and is now empowering organizations to scale their data operations while maintaining transparency and trust. In this episode they discuss how Atlan has maintained a fun company culture despite the stress and how her and her co-founder have maintained a great working relationship for the past 12 years.
00:00 - Introduction
02:31 - Founding story and early challenges
06:19 - Overcoming high-stakes data issues
08:45 - The evolution of data and AI
13:31 - Building a product to solve key problems
16:13 - Adapting to technological change
19:21 - The growing role of AI in business
21:05 - Preparing data for AI integration
24:27 - Addressing bias and ethics in AI
26:52 - Fundraising and fun marketing
31:34 - Maintaining a strong co-founder relationship
33:47 - Final thoughts and reflections
Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity . Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each
Connect with us:
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